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Parus ater
Spotted on Apr 5, 2012
Submitted on May 18, 2012
4 Comments
No problem, the lists are being updated quite frequently, with DNA profiling providing new information on species links and separation of.
Thanks Malcolm.
Hi Johan, actually, it is not the same bird at all, just one which looks very similar.
Mine is (was) Parus ater while yours is (was) Parus afer - just one letter different All this family of birds has recently been reclassified and the Parus has acquired a prefix. Yours is now a Melaniparus afer while mine is now a Periparus ater. To go one step further your is sub-species Melaniparus afer afer while mine is sub-species Periparus ater vieirae.
Full information can be found here: www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/...
Same bird on another continent and a different common name!
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/102...